Brooklyn 45
Shudder | Release Date (Streaming): June 9, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
1
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
ColliderMaggie LovittJun 9, 2023
For me, it’s the film to beat this year, easily taking the crown as my favorite scary movie of the last several years — even if all the scares come from the idea of what might happen when your closest friends turn on you. Read full review
85
Paste MagazineMatthew JacksonMar 16, 2023
If you’re lucky enough to feel the presence built by this film, you’ll find one of the most rewarding and impressive genre films of the year so far, and proof that Geoghegan has plenty more to offer us as a horror storyteller. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayJun 16, 2023
Most of what makes Brooklyn 45 so entertaining doesn’t cost a lot of money. It just takes talent, and diligence. Read full review
80
EmpireIan FreerJun 12, 2023
A pressure cooker of a period picture, Brooklyn 45 is a smart take on the spooky séance staple, a film where the scariest spectres are the ghosts of the past rather than any pixel-packed phantoms. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonJun 9, 2023
As in much modern horror, humor resides just under the surface of “Brooklyn 45,” except when it erupts like a punctured artery; the cast has to walk a fine line, though they do behave as people might under extraordinary and extraordinarily unnerving circumstances. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyJun 9, 2023
Ghosts and spirits appear, and weird things are indeed summoned, but Brooklyn 45 is really a meditation on grief and the unfinished business of war as experienced by a group who struggle with adjusting to peacetime. Read full review
75
The Daily BeastNick SchagerJun 8, 2023
It delivers supernatural and Earthly suspense in a period-piece package whose wit and personality help overshadow its rougher bump-in-the-night patches. Read full review
75
SlashfilmMatt DonatoMar 16, 2023
Brooklyn 45 is a tragic fireside reminder about how easily good men and women can be corrupted, whether by propaganda rhetoric or the ghosts of miseries past. Read full review
75
The Film StageJake Kring-SchreifelsMar 16, 2023
The risk for these kinds of stories––the best ranging from 12 Angry Men to One Night in Miami––is that they lose momentum after the initial setup. You need strong, convincing characters to make persuasive arguments and unearth deep-seated secrets. Brooklyn 45 supplies such. Read full review
70
Screen RantGraeme GuttmannMay 21, 2023
The cast's chemistry really sells what transpires here and without that, it's hard to see the film working. Luckily, Brooklyn 45's disparate pieces come together to make for a wholly unique film that feels rare to come across these days. Read full review
67
The PlaylistCharles BarfieldMar 16, 2023
Geoghegan’s Brooklyn 45 is largely able to rise above its shortcomings and deliver a unique, chilling story about the horrors of war and unsettling depths of humanity. Read full review
50
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisJun 8, 2023
Brooklyn 45 is overlong, repetitive and at times wearyingly stagy. The actors, though, can’t be faulted, convincingly turning unappetizing characters into broken people trying to move on from a war that keeps pulling them back in. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreJun 5, 2023
The cast does what it can with the material, but their big speeches rarely add up to a “big moment.” Read full review
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